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Date: August 4, 2005
Contact: Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
V: 847/742-5100 F:  847/742-6103
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
August 4, 2005
 
Bethany Seminary hosts a weekend for `Open Hearts/Open Minds.'
 
August 4, 2005 (Elgin, IL) -- Bethany Theological Seminary, a Church of the  
Brethren institution of higher education, will host a weekend event for
adults 
 of all ages to focus on biblical and spiritual ways of decision making. 
"Open  Hearts/Open Minds" will take place Oct. 21-23 at Bethany's Richmond
(Ind.)	
campus. The registration fee is $25, which includes housing, meals, and  
resources.  
 
"Open Hearts/Open Minds is more than an educational experience," said Amy  
Gall Ritchie, director of Student Development. "It is an encounter to open
the  
heart and mind to the leading of God in your life." 
 
The event will include formal times of learning ways to discern one's  
calling or life decisions and how to put these methods to use, time for
personal  
reflection, and interaction with other participants. Seminary faculty and  
students will provide leadership. For more information or to register contact
 
Ritchie at 800-287-8822 ext. 1806 or e-mail _ritcham@bethanyseminary.edu_ 
(mailto:ritcham@bethanyseminary.edu) . The  registration deadline is Oct. 8.
 
The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to  
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its
faith  in 
community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith  
traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrates its
 300th 
anniversary in 2008. It counts about 130,000 members across the United	
States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Brazil, the  
Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nigeria.
 
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For more information contact:
 
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Director of News Services
Church of the  Brethren General Board
1451 Dundee Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
847-742-5100  ext. 260
_cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org_ 
(mailto:cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org) 
 
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